Júbilo Iwata vs Tochigi S.C. Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Júbilo Iwata

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Júbilo Iwata will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-0 J2 League loss in their previous game against Montedio Yamagata.

Atsutaka Nakamura (34') was the scorer for Montedio Yamagata.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Júbilo Iwata have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Júbilo Iwata have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 7 goals along the way. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Ahead of this clash, Júbilo Iwata are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Tochigi S.C.

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Last time out, Tochigi S.C. drew 1-1 in the J2 League tie with Zweigen Kanazawa.

The only name on the scoresheet from Tochigi S.C. was Ren Yamamoto (73'). Shion Niwa (37') was the scorer for Zweigen Kanazawa.

A sequence of steadfast performances by the Tochigi S.C. defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 6.

Looking at their past form shows that Tochigi S.C.:

• have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 30/03/2014 shows that Júbilo Iwata have won 4 of these and Tochigi S.C. 2, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 13 for Júbilo Iwata and 7 being from Tochigi. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The last league match between the two was J2 League match day 42 on 20/12/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Tochigi S.C. 1-2 Júbilo Iwata.

The match was refereed by Ryosuke Yamaoka.

🗞️ Team News: Júbilo Iwata

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Júbilo Iwata gaffer Masakazu Suzuki to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Daiki Ogawa (Hamstring Injury) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: Tochigi S.C.

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, Tochigi S.C. manager Kazuaki Tasaka doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Tochigi S.C. should have enough to get a goal against this Júbilo Iwata lineup, although that may not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 win for Júbilo Iwata by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Hopefully this is a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 23:19 26/04/2021